Berlin film festival 2022
Incredible But True review – screwball metaphysics on the property market
Giddy comedy about middle-aged house hunters who find more in a bargain buy than anyone but director Quentin Dupieux could have dreamed
Alcarràs director Carla Simón: ‘I have feelings for Spanish culture and Catalan culture’
Inspired by her own rural upbringing after her parents both died, the Barcelona‑born film‑maker’s latest movie won the top prize in Berlin for its vivid portrayal of Catalonia’s peach farmers
Sex, strikes and Nazis: the revered director making Austria spill its secrets
The Austrian film-maker is best known for investigating the uncomfortable corners of her country’s history. Now she’s won an award for her latest film, which explores male sexual fantasy
Women dominate Berlin film festival awards as Alcarràs wins Golden Bear
Best director prize, both acting awards and two of the three best film prizes were won by female film-makers, led by the Catalan-language drama
That Kind of Summer review – affecting story of sex workers in therapy
The Outfit review – Mark Rylance’s mob tailor makes the cut
Nobody’s Hero review – French sex satire is unsatisfying, flavourless romp
The Passengers of the Night review – Charlotte Gainsbourg hurts and heals in 1980s Paris
Robe of Gems review – a startling and unsettling Mexican crime mystery
Rabiye Kurnaz Vs George W Bush review – Guantánamo drama played for laughs
Both Sides of the Blade review – Claire Denis’ many-faced love story
Juliette Binoche completes an intriguing love triangle that highlights the incompatible emotions that coexist in an affair
Rimini review – Ulrich Seidl’s lounge singer is so horrible, he may be brilliant
The Austrian director torments everyone, including the audience, in this grotesque tale set in the Italian resort out of season
Flux Gourmet review – poet of the weird Peter Strickland moves farther from reality
Gwendoline Christie and Asa Butterfield star in this stylish and deeply odd confection about ‘sonic cooking’
Dark Glasses (Occhiali Neri) review – Dario Argento returns with baffling shocker
La Ligne (The Line) review – bruising family drama with likeable outcome
Peter von Kant review – gender-flipped Fassbinder does away with the bitter tears
